Juniper: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “juniper tree”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- JOO-nuh-per · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
From the English plant name, ultimately from Latin juniperus. It is a direct botanical given name.
How popular is Juniper?
Babies named Juniper in 20242,479
2024 rank#111 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 188019,452
Juniper is rising: use over the last five years is 6.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Juniper
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Juniper questions
What does the name Juniper mean?
Juniper means "juniper tree". It comes from Latin. From the English plant name, ultimately from Latin juniperus. It is a direct botanical given name.
Is Juniper a boy or girl name?
Juniper is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Juniper?
2,479 US babies were named Juniper in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Juniper?
Juniper is usually pronounced JOO-nuh-per.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.